Drama
Much like he did with its predecessors, 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s Before Sunset, writer-director Richard Linklater emphasizes dialogue over action in Before Midnight. This time around, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Jul...
Matthew McConaughey may bring a pretty-boy hue to many of his acting roles, but he is undeniably gritty in his portrayal of the title character in Mud. Supported by a quality cast and a multi-layered, believable story, he settl...
You could create a drinking game around Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s art house flick What Maisie Knew. Based on a Henry James novel, the film centers on Maisie (Onata Aprile), a young girl whose feuding, self-involved paren...
When director Ariel Vromen first approached Michael Shannon about playing hit man Richard “Richie” Kuklinski in his biopic The Iceman, Shannon at first suggested he might want to find a bigger star to carry the movie. But Vrome...
There’s very little gray area in 42, a biopic about Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson, the first African American on a major league team. As played by Chadwick Boseman, Robinson is a guy who elicits our sympathy after Dodgers own...
Given the epic quality of his “Vengeance Trilogy,” we had great expectations for Stoker, the English language debut from Korean director Park Chan-wook. And in terms of visual style, Stoker certainly has plenty going for it. Th...